Kasparov vs Deep Junior postponed

9/17/2002 – We have just learned that the Kasparov-Deep
Junior match has been postponed. It was scheduled to begin in Jerusalem
on October 1, one day before the start of the Kramnik-Deep Fritz match in Bahrain.
The new starting date is December 1 and the match is still set for six games
and to take place in Jerusalem. More

FIDE released the announcement and in it FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
said that there had not been enough time to organize the event properly. The
complete press release is below and check here for more news on this story as
it becomes available.

Press Release -- 17.9.2002

Kasparov - Deep Junior Million Dollar Match Postponed until December

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced on Monday that the human-machine
chess match between world number one Garry Kasparov and world computer champion
Deep Junior had been postponed until December 1, 2002. "We regret the delay,”
said Ilyumzhinov, “but all of the parties involved have agreed that there
was not enough time to give such a prestigious event the required presentation."
The event will be the first time Kasparov has faced a computer since his famous
matches against Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997. He won the first and narrowly lost
the second to the IBM machine.

The six-game match was scheduled to begin on October 1 in the Israeli capital
and finish on the 13th. Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert welcomed the rescheduling.
"The whole world will be watching and we want people to see Jerusalem host
a world-class event between two great champions." After Deep Junior won
the World Computer Chess Championships in the Netherlands little time remained
to complete the negotiations and organize the match before the starting date.
Efforts were additionally complicated by the onset of the Jewish high holidays.

Both Garry Kasparov and the team behind Deep Junior expressed disappointment
at the delay but enthusiasm for the benefit it will provide the event. "I
think I am already well prepared," said Kasparov, "and since I have
other events to play before December I don't think the postponement will help
me at all." Kasparov will lead the Russian team in the Chess Olympiad that
starts October 25. He added, "I've waited five years for my revenge, so
what is two more months?"

Deep Junior's Israeli programmers, Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky, also sounded
patient. "We have always dreamed of taking on the world's top player and
Deep Junior will not mind the delay at all."

The match has a prize fund of one million dollars and is auspiced by the International
Chess Federation (FIDE) and the International Computer Games Association (ICGA).
The full event schedule and additional information for the media will be made
available by FIDE.

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